permitted

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Countries that permitted Chinese exports too quickly and without a plan, “saw their factories and their jobs vanish,” Farley said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Hatton would be permitted to play full-time on the tour because he was one of eight players who paid the fine imposed and agreed to a series of other conditions.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Under long‑standing arrangements, Jews may visit the compound -- which they revere as the site of the first and second Jewish temples -- but they are not permitted to pray there.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Now old and poor, Andrew Jackson’s daughter-in-law Sarah was permitted to live at the Hermitage, relying upon Alfred and Gracy to care for her.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis